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Yan Ketao, Guo Qinghai, Luo Li, 2022. Methylation and Thiolation of Arsenic in Tengchong Hot Springs. Earth Science, 47(2): 622-632. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2021.105
Citation: Yan Ketao, Guo Qinghai, Luo Li, 2022. Methylation and Thiolation of Arsenic in Tengchong Hot Springs. Earth Science, 47(2): 622-632. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2021.105

Methylation and Thiolation of Arsenic in Tengchong Hot Springs

doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2021.105
  • Received Date: 2021-11-03
  • Publish Date: 2022-02-25
  • In order to study the speciation of arsenic (As) in hot springs and their distribution and transformation patterns, IC-ICP-MS quantification and hydrogeochemical analyses were conducted for various arsenic species in Tengchong hot springs in Yunnan Province. In 91 hot spring samples, 11 As species were detected, which include arsenate, arsenite, inorganic thioarsenates, methylated oxyarsenates and methylated thioarsenates. Arsenate and arsenite were predominate species followed by inorganic thioarsenates, unlike inorganic species, methylated As occurred as minor species in Tengchong hot springs. The content of thioarsenates and their degree of thiolation are positively correlated with S/As molar ratios. The lack of methylated oxyarsenates was probably the reason for low methylated thioarsenate levels, besides, the S/As molar ratio, total As, temperature, pH, Eh and TDS can also affect the formation and transformation of methylated thioarsenates. Methylated thioarsenates may undergo a series of transformations and interfacial reactions on the surface drainage of hot springs such as de-thiolation, de-methylation and then adsorption by sediments. Other As species can be converted to methylated thioarsenate in downstream areas with relatively low temperatures, low flow rates and significant microbial activity. The thiolated and methylated species of As are widely distributed in hot springs, and the highly toxic methylated thioarsenates have high mobility and are likely to reappear in hot spring drainage environment, which should attract the attention of relevant studies.

     

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